Diepsloot Radio

04/02/2025

Insurance entrepreneur and founder of Steyn City Douw Steyn has died. The family confirmed this in a statement this morning.

Steyn is also the founder of Auto and General Insurance company.

Along with his friend Guiseppe Plumari, the two developed the R9-billion Steyn City residential estate north-west of Johannesburg.

In a statement, the family says Steyn built global businesses with deep-seated commitment to South Africa and its people.

Steyn is survived by his wife Carolyn, his children TJ, Louis and Tanya.

04/02/2025

Joburg welcomes extension of spaza shop registration deadline

National government has extended the registration of spaza shops deadline to 28 February 2025 and includes all other food handling outlets. The initial deadline announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa ended on 17 December 2024.

Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Economic Development, Councillor Nomoya Mnisi says “The City welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s extension of the spaza shop registration deadline to 28 February 2025. This extension provides spaza shop owners with more time to comply with municipal regulations and operate legally”.

According to MMC Mnisi, legally registered owners stand to benefit from access to business support programmes and funding opportunities, improved safety and security and the opportunity to contribute to economic growth of Johannesburg.

“Let’s work together to build a thriving, secure and sustainable business community in Johannesburg”, says MMC Mnisi.

The city distributed over 10 000 registration forms throughout its seven Regions during the first period but found that almost all spaza shop owners were not legally compliant. They were unable to produce the required documents like SARS certificates, building plans/rezoning certificate, health certificate and others which has caused a huge delay in registration and confirmation of numbers.

An online registration system has now been developed to speed up the process and all submitted applications are being captured onto the online portal. It will then be opened to the public once ready. Between 1 July and 15 November 2024, a total of 7802 inspections were carried out throughout the Regions of which 1732 traders/food handlers were compliant and 1444 were not. In addition, 243 traders/food handlers were closed and prohibited from running their businesses.

Joint community imbizos between the City and Gauteng Department of Economic Development are ongoing in the Regions to create awareness, information sharing and education on all aspects of spaza shop, informal trading and food handling requirements.

17/07/2024

08/07/2024

05 July 2024

Attention all Diepsloot Community members!

We are excited to announce that Cllr Wa Strata is once again showing his care and commitment for young girls also .

He has organized a Prison Tour for the girls to educate them about the dangers and quencequece of;
- Alcohol abuse
- Teenage pregnancy
- Drug abuse
- Gangsterism
On the following
Date : 08 July 2024
Time : 7h00
Kgoshimampuru prison
Meeting point : youth center

This initiative aims to empower and guide our young girls to make informed choices and stay away from harmful behaviors.

If ur girl child is interested to attend this prison tour program plz watsup 061 854 6770 or cllr WA strata for registration forms and they must be in school uniform on that date.

Watsup soon to secure the space.

# CLLR WA STRATA @ GIRL PRISON TOUR # 10111

04/07/2024

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Joburg working to restore areas affected by suspected fire on the M1



Johannesburg, 03 July 2024, The City of Johannesburg is working around the clock to restore power to areas affected by power outages as a result of the M1 fire earlier today. The Feeder board 2 from the Braamfontein Substation experienced a sudden outage, leading to a complete loss of power supply for the Parktown West, Braamfontein, and the surrounding areas.



It is suspected that the disruption was caused while a service provider was undertaking works beneath the M1 bridge following the extensive fire experienced on the site in May 2024. The JRA Project Team are on-site conducting thorough investigations that will assist in formulating an incident report that will define the cause of the fire.



The Emergency Management Services Firefighters responded to a fire incident call at 17:53. The fire has been extinguished and Firefighters are still at the incident scene monitoring the situation. There are no injuries which emanated from this incident and EMS has declared the area safe and City Power and JRA as well as the service provider teams are currently on-site, diligently assessing the extent of the damage.



The City will provide regular updates to keep the affected informed about the progress and estimated time of power restoration. We can confirm that power supply for the Parktown West area has since been restored.



The City apologises for the inconvenience and will swiftly devise a restoration plan.

ENDS

Issued by the City of Joburg

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